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Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,104,256 4 l Prc'rURE STAND Joseph Hambeck, New York, N. Y. Application December 9, 1935, Serial No. 53,564

1 claim.

This invention relates to improvements in picture stands, and it' is the principal object of'my invention to provide a picture stand of pleasing and decorous appearance in which a picture is exchangeably held between two glass plates secured in a frame which has turnably attached thereto ,a plurality of flower vases and which upports lamps to suitably illuminate the picure.

l0 Another objectof my invention is the provi-- sion oi a picture stand or similar device, the frame of which is formed with a hollow base in which a switch controlled battery is ,located to furnish current to the lamps whichhowever may also be illuminated from a house-circuit to whic they are suitably connected. i A further object of my linvention is the provision of a picture stand in'which the picture holding frame or glass plates are rotatably supported gg in a suitable frame having exchangeably supl ported flower vases on its sides, and sockets for the reception of Candlesticks or the like.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a picture stand or the like in which plates supported by a frame formed on the arc of a circle and equipped with a 4flower vase and provision of novel and improved means to securely hold the glass plates in place with the picture between them and presenting sockets into which engage 4the conically shaped ends of pivot screws or the like to rotatably support the glass It will be clear that the glassl plates and the picture may also be replaced by a mirror or the like article.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then 'be specifically deilned in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:` 1

. Fig. 1 is'a top plan view of av picture stand 1 55 tion of my invention.

the picture is held between two circular glass' As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, a base it of any suitable material, color or shape, has formed therein a chamber ll-closed at the bottom by means of aplate i2 which is secured to the base by means of the screws I3 or the like 5 Formed in one piece with the base l il is a stand or frame having a neck part `I4 and frame mem-V bers l5, i6 L-shaped in cross-section having an inner groove or channel i1 and extending from are turnably attached by means of` the bolts 25, 20

the innerv ends of suitably shaped brackets 2B forming at their outer ends rings for the exchangeable support oi the suitably flanged flower vases 21 and 28.

A dry battery 29 is held within the chamber ll 25 of the base by means of the spring metal members 30, and the cables 3|, 32 attached to the poles of the battery and a contact button or 'switch 33 lead within the channel of the frame members to the miniature electric lamps 34, 35 30 in sockets 36, 31 formed in the frame. As illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the stand has l a suitably shaped base 38 with which are integrally formed the postor standard 39 and frame l 40. In the opening of the frame are suspended 35 the glass plates 4I, 42 between which the picture 43 is held, and which are connected by means, of the conically pointed set screws 44 in approxif mately the middle of the frame's side bars engaging in sockets 45 of the clips or clamp mem- 40 bers 46 engaging the front and rear faces of the glass plates, and held together and in place by -means of the screws 41 or the like passed through openings 48 in the clamp members and 49 in the glass plates. Members 50 and 5I serve 45 to compensate for the thickness of the picture.

' The frame 40 has laterally extending brackets 52, 53 with which are formed thering members 54, 55 from which are removably suspended by means of their marginal flanges, the flower vases 50 56, 51. Sockets 58 are formed in the arms oi the brackets 52, 53 for the reception of the lower ends of the candlesticks 59, 60.

'In the form of my invention illustrated in'Figure 5, the base 6l has formed therewith a vertical 55 post 62 which carries a `frame 83 havingr an inner channel for the reception of a pair of substantially circular glass plates 6l holding the picture between them and which are connected by means of .the screws 65, 66. The frame has a laterally extending lbranch or bracket 61 formed therewith having substantially ring-shape and from which is suspended by means of its upper marginal flange a flower vase 68.

It will be understood that I have disclosed the preferred forms of my invention only as a few examples of the many possible ways to practically construct the same, andthat I may make such changes in the generalarrangement of the picture stand and inthe construction of its minor details as come within'the scopeof the appended claim Without departure from the-spirit of my invention, so for instance I can make the frame detachable from its base and provide a highly polished or mirrored upper face for the base to n 'cast reflecting rays upon the frame and picture therein greatly contributingto its embellishment through the light eiects produced by the reflector. Furthermore, I may dispense with the use of the dry battery and connect the lamps directly with a house circuit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a combined picture stand and ilower holder.'

at one end, and rings formed with said holders at their other, outer ends for the suspension oi! ilower vases, said holders adapted to be turned about their pivot bolts to ilank the picture in approximately the front thereof,4 lamp-sockets formed with said frame brackets for the support of lamps oi' a size sufficient to illuminate the owers in said vases, and means for connecting said lamps to a source of electricity.

JOSEPH HAMBECK. 

